A review by tayloranne
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

While I love Bryce and Hunt and the entire crew of crescent city, and this book was good, it just didn't hit the same as books one and two. I often picked up my phone while reading because I was kind of bored, or I would read just a few pages at a time because it wasn't very fast paced. I think it could be nice to shorten the books too - there are always so many characters and sometimes I wish they just had their own books set at the same time. But it was a good read and a great ending to the story!

I don't think enough was resolved and what was resolved was done in such a poor way. Ithan was annoying and felt pretty unimportant to the story - ESPECIALLY the entire Sigrid plot point. I get it, she is an alpha blah blah blah but he was much too focused on her when the WORLD WAS AT STAKE.  Sathia just disappeared which is fine I guess, but that left Tharion pretty unresolved. 
WHY WAS THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN RUHN AND RHYS NEVER MENTIONED like even when looking at Rhys Bryce didn't even think for a second how fucking weird it made her feel??? The whole "won't mind read without your consent" thing was such garbage too.
 

I was just disappointed with all the filler and the way it stacks up against the other two. Hunt and Bryce weren't even as exciting as they were in the other books. Where was the banter? 

Where were the stakes????